Faith Brown


Faith Brown is an English actress, singer, comedian and impressionist. She was a star of the ITV impressions show Who Do You Do?, and was The Voice in the TV show Trapped!.
Brown was born in Liverpool and attended St Francis De Sales School, Walton. She was a singer in a vocal group with her brothers, and was then for a time a solo singer, before using her talent for mimicry to switch to comedy impressions.
Her comedy special, The Faith Brown Awards, produced by London Weekend Television for the ITV network, received an audience of 9.8 million viewers when it was broadcast in September 1978. This was followed by the six part series, The Faith Brown Chat Show, in January 1980. She won a TV Times Award for 'Funniest Woman on TV' in the same year.
She has appeared as a guest star performing songs and impressions on several TV variety shows, including The Cannon and Ball Show, Summertime Special, Live From Her Majesty's, 3-2-1, The Grumbleweeds and The Little and Large Show.
She was the subject of This Is Your Life in 1982 when she was surprised by Eamonn Andrews while appearing as a guest on the ITV entertainment show Game For A Laugh.
As an actress, her television credits include the roles of Flast in the Doctor Who serial Attack of the Cybermen and Anne Bradley in the Channel 4 soap opera Brookside.
On stage, she played Norma Desmond in the 2001-2002 UK tour of Sunset Boulevard. Her musical theatre credits also include the roles of Miss Hannigan in Annie at Guildford and Portsmouth, Stella Winters in the 1996 stage adaptation of Summer Holiday at the Opera House, Blackpool, Sister Mary Regina in the 2004 UK tour of Nunsense, and Diana Diamonte in Boys in the Buff at the Edinburgh Festival.
She has appeared as a guest panelist on numerous game shows; including Celebrity Squares, Give Us A Clue, Blankety Blank, Punchlines, Win, Lose or Draw, Call My Bluff, What's My Line? and Wipeout.
She was a contestant on the reality show I'm a Celebrity…Get Me out of Here! in 2006.

Selected television credits

YearTitleRoleNotes
1975–1976For My Next TrickHerself, Resident Singer14 episodes, BBC
1976Ken Dodd's World of LaughterCast MemberBBC
1976Who Do You Do?Various Impressions8 episodes, LWT
1977-1978Celebrity SquaresPanelistEpisodes: 2.38, 2.41 & 3.9
1978The Faith Brown AwardsVarious ImpressionsLWT Special
1979Blankety BlankPanelistEpisodes: 1.7 & 1.11
1979Give Us A CluePanelistEpisode 2.8
1980The Faith Brown Chat ShowVarious Impressions6 episodes, LWT
1980Cannon and Ball for ChristmasSpecial GuestLWT Special
1981Summertime SpecialGuest - various impressions1 episode, BBC
1981Give Us A CluePanelistEpisode 4.2
19823-2-1Guest StarEpisode 4.2
1983Live From Her Majesty'sMusical Guest1 episode, LWT
1983–1984PunchlinesHerself8 episodes, LWT
1984BullseyeGuest StarEpisode 4.10
1984Give Us A CluePanelistEpisode 6.20
1984-1985Blankety BlankPanelistEpisodes: 7.13, 8.1 & 9.13
1985Doctor WhoFlastGuest Star, Attack of the Cybermen Part II, BBC
1985The Sooty ShowHerselfEpisode "I'm Clever Too"
1986I Feel FineVarious ImpressionsGranada TV Special
1986Cinderella: The Shoe Must Go OnFairy GodmotherCentral Independent Television Special
19863-2-1Guest StarEpisode 9.4
1989The Little and Large ShowGuest StarEpisode 9.8
1989What's My Line?Self - PanellistEpisode 8.8
1992Surprise SurpriseHerself1 episode
1992–1996Win, Lose or DrawGuest Panellist15 episodes, Scottish Television
1996BrooksideAnne Bradley7 episodes, Mersey Television
1997Call My BluffPanellist2 episodes
1998WipeoutHerself - Special guestCelebrity Special
2003Life Beyond the Box: Margot LeadbetterHerself
2006I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!HerselfContestant, Series 6
2008Celebrity JuiceAmy WinehouseEpisode 1.2
2008–2010Trapped!The Voice39 Episodes, CBBC

Selected theatre credits

YearTitleRoleVenueRef
1987Beauty is the BusinessLilla DanielsUK National Tour
1989-1990CinderellaEpsom Playhouse
1996Summer HolidayStella WintersOpera House Theatre, Blackpool
1997-1998The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen’s Guild Dramatic Society Murder MysteryMrs ReeceUK National Tour
2000-2001Dick WhittingtonFairy Bow BellsTheatre Royal, Norwich
2001-2002Sunset BoulevardNorma DesmondUK National Tour
2004NunsenseSister Mary ReginaUK National Tour
2004-2005CinderellaFairy GodmotherCapitol Theatre, Horsham
2005-2006CinderellaWicked StepmotherThe Lowry
2007Faith Brown: Up FrontHerselfUK National Tour
2007Boys in the BuffDiana DiamonteEdinburgh Festival Fringe
2009The Best of British Variety TourHerselfUK National Tour
2010The Stars are Coming Out Tonight - A Charity GalaHerselfFairfield Halls

Discography

Albums

With The Carrolls:
With The Carrolls:
  • 1966: "Surrender Your Love" / "The Folk I Love", Polydor Records
  • 1968: "So Gently Falls The Rain" / "Nice To See You Darling", CBS Records
  • 1968: "Ever Since" / "Come On", CBS Records
  • 1968: "Lemon Balloon And A Blue Sky" / "Make Me Belong To You", CBS Records
  • 1969: "We're In This Thing Together" / "We Know Better", CBS Records
Solo Recordings:
  • 1970: "Lock Me In" / "The Game Of Love", CBS Records
  • 1971: "Any Way That You Want Me" / "City Wine", Penny Farthing Records
  • 1972: "Take Me with You" / "If We Only Have Love", Regal Zonophone Records
  • 1973: "Stone The Crows" / "Turn On The Light", Pye Records
  • 1974: "Your Love's An Illusion" / "Right Between The Eyes", Pye Records
  • 1975: "Bingo" / "Saturday Night Is The Night For A Party", Pye Records
As Featured Artist:
  • 1985: "Doctor in Distress", Record Shack Records

    Cast Recordings

  • 2001: "Songs from Andrew Lloyd Webber's Sunset Boulevard", Really Useful Records

    Compilations

  • 2000: "You Are Awful... But We Like You! ", Sequel Records
  • 2009: "The Girls Are At It Again: UK Beat Girls 1964-1969", Universal Music
  • 2022: "...But I Like You: Celebrities in the Studio", Countdown Media
  • 2023: "Let's Go Disco: Britain's Dancing Years", Countdown Media
  • 2024: "Denim Disco: The World of Glam Pop Floorfillers", Countdown Media